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The Great Impression

by Sparkadia

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1.
Every summer I dream Dream the strangest of dreams You were here by my side For a while so it seemed In the Valley of Kings There's no way to escape Melting clocks in the sun Wish you knew you made The greatest impression on me You made the greatest impression on me You made Every winter I fall Fall back into your bed You were on your way home I was sleeping instead You're the lake that stays frozen Every time that I wake I'm still under your spell Wish you knew you made
2.
Fingerprints 03:40
Packed my bags To run away from you Took my chance What's a boy to do But there's something in the mirror Something that I never saw Cos your memory lingers long after you're gone Cut my ties I guess a touch too soon Space and time Is not enough with you Cos there's something in the mirror Something that I wish I saw Cos your memory lingers long after Your fingerprints - are all over me They're all over me - your fingerprints All I can do - remember the way it felt with you Your fingerprints are all over me Your nail marks still Fresh across my back Too hard to tell The flesh from fact
3.
Tongue - tied Talking to my feet When there's nothing better than self-defeat I stop - stall Try to stand tall When whatever I say means nothing at all I walk Through all the steps in my head It made more sense in my head Plain and simple I can't keep climbing I try to find the words but they won't surrender So I lie to you and say that I don't remember Singing like a hurricane Dancing like Fred Astaire Walking like a young John Wayne I'm talking like I'm falling downstairs Talking like I'm falling downstairs Stut-ter Mutter to myself That you can't quote something from someone else I duck - swerve Lose my nerve It's on the tip of my tongue so just give me the word and I'll walk Through all the steps in my head Makes more sense in my head plain and simple I can't keep climbing I try to find the words but they won't surrender So I lie to you and say that I don't remember Singing like a hurricane Dancing like Fred Astaire Walking like a young John Wayne I'm talking like I'm falling down I'm talking like I'm falling downstairs Singing like a hurricane Dancing like Fred Astaire Walking like a young John Wayne I'm talking like I'm falling I'm talking like I'm falling downstairs I'm talking like I'm falling downstairs
4.
China 04:41
She's as distant as the winter sun More consistent than the beat of a drum All this time she's been hiding her weakness away from me Then one day I touched a nerve by mistake Pressed too hard and she started to shake Every time that I go there I know there's so much she can take Before she breaks She breaks like China She breaks like China The longer we take - the bigger we break when we find out I keep a close eye on the way I act Even when I start to see all the cracks I give nothing away but expect her to stay with me When she worked out where my weakness lay She wouldn't stop until I gave way Every time that she goes there she know there's so much I can take Before I break I break like China I break like China The longer we take - the bigger we break when we find out The stronger we act - the longer we crack There's only so much we can take till we start to break We're constructed from the same design With a heart that makes no sense to the mind We can keep it together but pressure and time have their way For the things we try to keep inside Find their way out in the dark of the night All it takes is the tiniest touch and there's only so much Before we break We break like China We break like China The longer we take - the bigger we break when we find out China
5.
So by now You should have figured out That for a while You're better without me So be brave You're not the one to blame I'll take the hit You take the fame and all that comes with it Even if we try to take away the mess we made It took so long to figure out Who pulled the trigger - Who pulled out It's love - love - love - love It always equals out It's love - love - love - love I hope you work it out You should know I wasn't built for this A miserable heart Is one thing I'll never miss So if I call you late at night Don't answer the phone Lie like you're sleeping You're better off alone Cos even when we tried to take away the mess we made It took so long to figure out Who held the trigger - Who held out It's love - love - love - love It always equals out It's love - love - love Fooling around is fun for a while Won't last forever when there's no love to spare Cos we're going nowhere
6.
Ghost 04:54
Like a ghost in the night She is haunting me Taunting me Try as I might I can't live without I can't sleep without her She keeps me awake - I know when she fakes it She says what she feels - lies to conceal her heart I know she knows that I know she knows That I know she knows that I know I see what she sees and she sees what I see And that scares her more than it scares me Like a ghost in the night She caresses me Undresses me Try as I might I can't live without I can't sleep without her She keeps me awake - I give and she takes She tries to conceal - she'll never reveal herself She's like a ghost She keeps me awake - I know when she fakes it She says what she feels - lies to conceal her heart She keeps me awake - I give and she takes She tries to conceal - she'll never reveal herself Like a ghost in the night She's like a ghost in the night
7.
The heart is the softest target So be careful where you aim Be mindful of the matters That contaminate the veins The heart is the softest target So be careful what you say Be wary of the details That can lead the heart astray Shoot straight (Aim) Don't let me fall too far - don't make me wait
8.
Mary 04:02
Mary I don't know what to do Mary Cos every time I look away from you You're all I see Mary If the past shapes the present then presently I would be living it differently now The upside of downtime to think without thought is no better than getting distraught I'll join them to beat them to keep them away from the things that I cling to the most I'm done moving on and I'll leave if you stay so please... please Mary I don't know what to do Mary Cos every time I look away from you You're all I see Mary Why don't you save me Why don't you let me be or let me go I'm begging on my knees forget me please Or forgive me so Oh Mary If failure's success then I'm keeping it hidden to show what I now should confess So sacred it seems I'm so scared of these dreams that keep circling around in my head I pretend that we started a thing that could end and begin as we'd want it to be But nothing's more costly than something for free so please... please If love is blind I don't know what I'll find in you I don't know what you see in me
9.
Hurt Me 04:23
Wake up by my side Someone else is sleeping So I guess my emptiness was never one to leave me all alone There's promises Ones that are for keeping She won't talk so you won't know the ones I keep from you Hurt me Good souls like you don't deserve assholes like me Hurt me Why don't you hurt me Good souls like you don't deserve assholes like me Wake up by your side Someone else is sleeping So I guess my emptiness was never one for leaving me alone I had the choice So suffer I should I won't talk so you won't know the pain I keep from you Hurt me Oh hurt me Cos a good soul like you - should go and hurt an asshole like me
10.
I started something I couldn't finish I couldn't leave my house for days Locked in the basement all the lights off Burn the candles both ways Until it grew unlike before A bit too big to ignore I started something I couldn't finish And it wouldn't leave me alone I started something I couldn't finish Such a foolish thing to do Such simplicity or duplicity When you don't know who is who? There was peace for a while No police that's not my style I started something I couldn't finish And it wouldn't leave me alone It doesn't matter what your friends say Doesn't matter what your folks say You know when you're through It doesn't matter what your friends say Doesn't matter what they all say You know when you're through I started something I couldn't finish I couldn't leave my house for days Locked in the basement all the lights out And it wouldn't leave me alone
11.
Will I always be the lost one Will I always wonder why One foot forward never felt so good or felt so right You won't find me for a while Fingers crossed I'll find the right way Compass always points to north I've been circling round the same two spots for far too long You won't find me for a while The search goes on... Falling further than I've been before Found a few who knew the way Looking backwards for directions for god knows where You won't find us for a while We will always be the lost ones We will always wonder why One foot forward never felt so good or felt so right You won't find us for a while
12.
The only way I knew to conquer someone like you Destroy all in my way the gods decide my fate Empires come and go They rise and then they fall You will never fade from view We hibernate for days while winter has its way Freezes what stays still and melts what's left behind Seasons come and go For reasons we don't know You will never fade from view Comets come and go Burn bright and then don't show You will never fade from view

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"The Great Impression" is the 12 track USA debut album from Australian indie pop-rockers Sparkadia. Front man and founding member Alex Burnett shows great skill in his songwriting, seamlessly melding 80s style synth lines and sprawling, anthemic choruses with evocative lyrics to form a record that is heartbreaking and uplifting all at once.

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released November 8, 2011

Words & Music by Alex Burnett

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